24 September 2008
Beazley Group plc
Schedule 10
Notification of Major Interests in Shares
1. Name of company
Beazley Group plc
2. Name of shareholder having a major interest
Legal & General Group Plc (Group)
3. Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18
As 2
4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them
• Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect)
• Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct and Indirect)
• Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect)
• Legal & General Group Plc (Direct)
• Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct)
• Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct)
• Legal & General Assurance Society Limited
• Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited
• Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)
5. Number of shares/amount of stock acquired
N/A
6. Percentage of issued class
N/A3,
7. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
3,418,436
8. Percentage of issued class
0.98%
9. Class of security
Ordinary share of 5p
10. Date of transaction
23 September 2008
11. Date company informed
24 September 2008
12. Total holding following the notification
17,076,945
13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
4.89%
14. Any additional information
Position notified as at 22 September 2008
15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries
A R Manners 020 7667 0623
16. Name and signature of authorized company official responsible for making this notification
Arthur Manners, Company Secretary
Date of notification - 22 September 2008